Making the Crisis Connection: Global Security, the Environment and Climate
On a recent visit to Iraq, I saw a tale of two countries: one of progress, and one of destruction....
Erik Solheim was elected to become Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on May 13, 2016.
Prior to joining UNEP, Solheim was the chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). From 2007 to 2012, Solheim held the combined portfolio of Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development. This unique portfolio mixture allowed him to bring a coherent approach to development and the environment.
He has also received a number of awards for his work on climate and the environment, including UNEP’s Champion of the Earth award, TIME Magazine’s Hero of the Environment, and an honorary doctorate from TERI University in Delhi, India. He has also written three books: Den store samtalen, Naermere, and Politikk er a ville.
On a recent visit to Iraq, I saw a tale of two countries: one of progress, and one of destruction....
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